The Japan Fair Trade Commission found that Japan Post Holdings had violated the Freelance Act by failing to disclose transaction terms in advance when outsourcing work to sole proprietors, and recommended measures to prevent recurrence.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission determined that Japan Post Holdings had failed to disclose transaction terms in advance when outsourcing work to sole proprietors. It found this to constitute a violation of the Freelance Act and issued a recommendation calling on the company to implement measures to prevent recurrence.
The JFTC’s investigation focused on the failure to properly disclose the terms of outsourced work to sole proprietors, and called for operational improvements going forward alongside its finding of a violation.
The recommendation calls for the implementation of measures to prevent recurrence and, it has been reported, requires the company to take specific steps to prevent similar cases.